Open Surgical Management of Pancreatic Pseudocyst-Case Series

Pancreatic pseudocysts occur in up to 10 % of patients with acute pancreatitis and in 20 to 38 % of patients with chronic pancreatitis. Surgical management of pancreatic pseudocysts has been the cornerstone of the management of symptomatic cases. Surgical internal drainage of pancreatic pseudocysts is commonly performed safely with low morbidity and mortality. This study is being done to study the various open surgical techniques for management of pseudocyst of pancreas, their indications and to study the intra operative time, intra operative bleeding, in hospital stay and postoperative complications for each procedure.